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Flowchart to interpreting pleural fluid analysis using Light's criteria and based on the British Thoracic Society
on the British Thoracic ... Society (BTS) Guidelines ... criteria #algorithm #differential
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
: ß-blockers, CNS ... bradycardia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Filariasis - Life Cycle of Wuchereria bancrofti
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal
2) Adults in lymphatics
3) Adults
and migrate to thoracic ... lifecycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: ... circumventricular organs CNS ... Rigors #Bacteremia #Pathophysiology ... #InfectiousDiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
CNS Infection in ... HIV / AIDS - Differential ... HIV-Associated CNS ... #Infections #differential ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Loiasis - Loa loa Life Cycle
1) Fly (genus Chrysops) takes a meal (L3 larvae enter bite
and migrate to thoracic ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Onchocerciasis - Onchocerca volvulus Life Cycle
1) Blackfly (genus Simulium) takes a blood meal (L3 larvae enter
and migrate to thoracic ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Schematic representation of the major sources of ammonia production and its excretory pathway (GI = gastrointestinal,
production and its ... deficiency #Ammonia #Pathophysiology ... Hyperammonemia #Differential
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Heat Stroke - Differential ... Collapse: • Pathophysiology ... No significant CNS ... CNS dysfunction ... heat #illness #differential
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
of hospitalized pts ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... equivocal • CT ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases